Operational Law in International Straits and Current Maritime Security Challenges

Martin Fink, Rebecca Dickey, Jörg Schildknecht and Lisa Ferris, Introduction: Challenges in Operational Maritime Law.- Part I International Straits: Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Minelaying and the impediment of passage rights.- Sean Henseler, “Left of Splash” Legal Issues Related to the Use of Force to Counter Mining in the Strait of Hormuz.- Uwe Althaus, International Straits – Peacetime Rights and Obligations.- Jörg Schildknecht, Belligerent Rights and Obligations in International Straits.- Dorota Marianna Banaszewska, The Legal Status of Greater and Lesser Tunbs Islands Including a Brief History of the Legal Dispute.- Part II Maritime Safety and Maritime Security: Rick Button, International Law and Search and Rescue.- David Letts, A Review of Selected Measures for Reducing Potential Conflict Among Naval Vessels in the South China Sea.- Ian Ralby, What Went Wrong When Regulating Private Maritime Security Companies.- Jouko Lehti, “…in these exceptional and specific circumstances…” – The EU Military Operation Against Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Southern Central Mediteranean.- Oliver Clark, From Piracy to Palermo – The Changing Challenges of Maritime Crime.- Part III Law of Armed Conflict: Marcel Schulz, Prize Law and Contraband in Modern Naval Warfare.- Martin Fink, The right of visit of foreign flagged vessels on the high seas in non-international armed conflict.- Tassilo Singer, Occupation of Sea Territory – Requirements for Military Authority and a Comparison to Art. 43 of The Hague Convention IV.